Stephan Myburgh's 17-ball fifty equalled the second fastest half-century in T20Is. Ireland's Paul Stirling had hit a 17-ball fifty against Afghanistan in the final of the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier in 2012. Yuvraj Singh holds the record for the fastest fifty - 12 balls against England in the 2007 World T20.

Netherlands hit 91 runs in the first-six overs - a record for the Powerplay overs, beating the 90 New Zealand scored against Scotland in the 2009 World T20. Netherlands' previous highest in the Powerplay was 67, against UAE in an earlier league match of this tournament.

The Netherlands batsmen hit 19 sixes in this match - the most in a T20 international innings. The previous best was Australia's 18 against England at the Rose Bowl last year.

Ireland hit 11 sixes in their innings, their most in a T20 international, taking the tally of sixes in this match to 30, which is a record. India and New Zealand had hit 24 sixesin Christchurch in 2008-09.

The 101-run partnership between Kevin O'Brien and Andrew Poynter was only the second hundred partnership for Ireland in T20 internationals and their second highest for any wicket. William Porterfield and Paul Stirling had added an unbeaten 109 for the first wicket against Canada in the World Twenty20 Qualifier preliminary final in 2011-12.

Netherlands' chase was the fastest - in terms of run rate - of a target of 190 or more in T20 internationals. Netherland scored 193 at a run rate of 13.95. The previous record was held by South Africa, against West Indies in Johannesburg, when they chased down a target of 206 with 14 balls remaining.

Wesley Barresi and Tom Cooper added 61 runs in 24 balls for the fourth wicket, scoring at 15.25 runs an over, after Peter Borren and Stephan Myburgh had added 91 runs in 36 balls at 15.16 for the first wicket. They were the seventh and eighth fastest 50-plus partnerships in World T20s. Michael Hussey and Mitchell Johnson added 53 runs in 16 balls in the semi-final of the 2010 World T20.

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